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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 650 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) wall (c) long (d) painted
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Manav (d) reads
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra read a new book yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) book (c) new (d) read
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) draws (d) Tara
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Saanvi
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) juicy (c) ate (d) mango
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) flew (c) kite (d) red
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) Kabir (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Dev (c) bag (d) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev buys a new toy every day.” (a) Dev (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Ananya (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Yash (d) kicked
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Pooja
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) red (d) Aisha
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Pooja
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Kabir (d) sang
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Aisha
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Kavya
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) writes (d) Kavya
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly

Answer key

  1. carries
  2. painted
  3. writes
  4. carries
  5. reads
  6. rides
  7. read
  8. writes
  9. draws
  10. carries
  11. opened
  12. wrote
  13. ate
  14. flew
  15. buys
  16. drew
  17. flies
  18. opens
  19. carries
  20. draws
  21. buys
  22. reads
  23. kicks
  24. eats
  25. sings
  26. kicked
  27. ate
  28. kicks
  29. flies
  30. carried
  31. rides
  32. carries
  33. sang
  34. carried
  35. reads
  36. carried
  37. writes
  38. sings
  39. paints
  40. kicks

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